After Dennis Cecchini’s son died of a heroin overdose in 2015, he looked through his son’s cell phone and saw all of the messages exchanged between his son and his drug dealer.
Tennyson Cecchini had gotten out of rehab four days before his fatal overdose. Looking at the messages, the father told lawmakers Friday, it was apparent to him the dealer had no concern for his son’s life or his efforts to recover from an addiction with which he struggled for 10 years.
The messages were clear, Dennis Cecchini said: If his 33-year-old son wanted them, the drugs would be there.